ENGLAND are planning to conduct a full review into the crowd disturbances which marred the NatWest Triangular Series and prevent "copycat" incidents disrupting this summer's Ashes series....

ENGLAND are planning to conduct a full review into the crowd disturbances which marred the NatWest Triangular Series and prevent "copycat" incidents disrupting this summer's Ashes series.

The England and Wales Cricket Board plan a thorough inquiry into the tournament, which ended with the disturbing scenes of a member of the crowd throwing a beer can on to the Lord's balcony and hitting Michael Bevan on the cheek as the Australian side collected their winners' medals having convincingly beaten Pakistan in the final.

Bevan suffered only bruising but the potential for a more serious incident may result in the ECB moving all ceremonies during the forthcoming Ashes series indoors to prevent future incidents taking place.

With five Ashes Tests scheduled during the next three months, starting at Edgbaston on July 5, it would mean the traditional end of match ceremony being watch by fans on the replay screens instead of the traditional charge on to the pitch and assembling below the dressing room balcony.

"We'll be having a full review of the NatWest tournament, which will include presentation ceremonies," Tim Lamb, chief executive of the ECB, said.

"It's too early to decide whether ceremonies should move inside closed doors as the way forward but we are certainly looking into it - it's a shame everyone should suffer from the actions of one lunatic."

Lamb is hopeful of a meeting with Sports Minister Richard Caborn and John Denham, the Minister of State at the Home Office, in the next week to investigate options open to cricket in their fight against unruly crowds.

He is also wary about the possibility of similar incidents during the remainder of the summer, even though the crowd trouble has only occurred during matches involving Pakistan.

"We don't want to overreact here but we have another situation when the players have again been made vulnerable and that should not happen," Lamb said.

"We've never had a history of missile-throwing in English cricket and you could say that one is too many and we are very concerned about what has been happening over the last few weeks.

"If people see there are no effective sanctions at the moment, there could be a copycat incident. There are members of society who do look to take advantage of loopholes and make a name for themselves.

"It is all a question of getting the balance right. We have to be able to rely on people to behave properly but this is a social problem not just cricket's and we have been caught up in a social issue."